SYDNEY--30 Jan--AsiaNet/InfoQuest ASOKA CHINA... FOSTER CITY, California - Asoka USA, a leading HomePlugpowerline network solutions provider, announced today theopening of its Asoka office in Hong Kong, China. The office,to be managed by the company's founder and CTO, TK Chan, willbe the central location for Asia Pacific (APAC) sales andmarketing.www.asokausa.com ECO-TECHNOLOGY... GENEVA - A new International Standard from the InternationalElectrotechnical Commission will help designers of audio-videoand information technology equipment -- such as laptops, mobilephones and TVs -- to make the best decisions on energyefficiency and reducing environmental impact at the start ofthe design and development process.www.iec.ch EURAIL SCANDINAVIA... UTRECHT - Scandinavia has long been a popular touristdestination for overseas visitors with numbers increasingsteadily; in 2006 there were over seven hundred thousandvisitors from the United States alone. Now through a newselection of offerings, Eurail passengers can travel throughoutthe region's excellent rail systems using just a single pass.www.eurailgroup.comwww.Eurail.comhttp://eurail.informationstore.netwww.eurail-acprail.comwww.flightcentre.comwww.OctopusTravel.comwww.raileurope.fr/wheretobuywww.statravel.comwww.dsb.dkwww.vr.fiwww.nsb.nowww.sj.se CHAMPALIMAUD FOUNDATION... HYDERABAD - The Champalimaud Foundation, one of the largestscientific foundations in the European Union, has announced theinauguration of the Champalimaud Center of Translational EyeResearch. The official ceremony will be January 30, 2008 inHyderabad, India, and will attended by some of the mostrecognized vision experts and practitioners from Australia,India, the EU, and the U.S., as well as patients who have hadtheir vision restored by the techniques that C-TRACER willutilize throughout the developing world. PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYDNEY - Project Management Institute, the worlds leadingmember association for the project management profession, willconvene in Sydney, Australia, at the PMI Global Congress2008-Asia Pacific, on 3-5 March. The three-day event will beheld at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, and it will offeropportunities for project managers to learn about worldwidetrends as they apply to everyday decisions.http://congresses.pmi.org/AsiaPacific2008 O'HARE AIRPORT... WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Homeland Securityannounced today that it has begun collecting additionalfingerprints from international visitors arriving at ChicagoO'Hare International Airport. The change is part of thedepartment's upgrade from two- to 10-fingerprint collection toenhance security and facilitate legitimate travel by moreaccurately and efficiently establishing and verifying visitors'identities. FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of FINP, FINS and MTN securities on February 8, 2008 ata redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amountredeemed plus accrued interest.Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTNsecurities issues amounting to a total of US$75 million onFebruary 12, 2008 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent ofthe principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.http://www.fanniemae.com TELSERRA APPOINTMENT... SCOTTSDALE, Arizona - Telserra Global Inc., the company thatprovides the next generation of electronic transactionprocessing networks to every last mile, today announced theappointment of Shailesh Kotwal to their corporate Board ofDirectors.www.telserra.com REPUTATION RECOVERY... NEW YORK - As the corporate reputation "stumble rate"continues to rise, companies need to know not only how to buildreputations but, more importantly, how to protect and salvagetarnished reputations. Over three-quarters (79 percent) of theworld's number-one most admired companies lost their crownsover the past five years in their respective industries. Whilereputation loss may now be inevitable, a new book offers arealistic roadmap to reputation recovery that can help anyleader stabilize and regenerate a company's most competitiveasset.www.webershandwick.comwww.corporatereputation12steps.comwww.reputationRx.comwww.reputationXchange.com FILM FESTIVAL... SAN MATEO, California - Jaman.com, the leading onlinedestination for quality independent and international film,pays tribute to the remarkable influence of Hong Kong cinema onHollywood. This month, in partnership with premier Asian cinemadistributor Fortune Star, Jaman kicks off a six-month Hong KongOnline Film Festival.www.jaman.com TICKETS.COM CHINA... COSTA MESA, California - Tickets.com, a leading provider ofintegrated ticketing solutions, has entered into a jointventure with China Sports Industry International to provideticketing and ticketing-related services for sports andassociated markets in China, both companies announced today.www.tickets.com TELEGENT RECEIVERS... SUNNYVALE, California - Telegent Systems, the company thatmakes television mobile with its high-performance single-chipmobile TV solutions, announced that it has now shipped fivemillion units of its leading free-to-air mobile TV receiver.www.telegent.com THOMSON SCIENTIFIC... PHILADELPHIA and LONDON - Thomson Scientific, part of TheThomson Corporation and leading provider of informationsolutions to the worldwide research and business communities,today announced that research professionals can now order filehistories directly through patent and trademark databases onDialog, giving researchers the complete information on a patentor trademark in one place.www.scientific.thomson.comwww.thomson.com SQUIDCAST TRANSFER... PALM DESERT, California and SAN FRANCISCO, California - DEMO08 -- Squidcast, Inc. today unveiled a new service that enablesconsumers to send friends and family high-definition personalvideo and other high-quality content over the Internet forfree.www.squidcast.comwww.demo.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.